One more question...Can the coins be used for adverting the creator's comics in your website and mobile app too?

Coins that are donated to creators will only be able to be cashed out.

lukas3:

How many coins will I get for each advertisement I watch?

It will vary. Most likely between 12 and 26 per view. The more the community does what the ads ask the more valuable future ads will be worth. That's how ad companies work. If they get results they start sending ads with better payouts. We've been told it could get up to as high as 70 coins per view maybe.

Louistrations:

Has the "watch ad to earn coins" feature gone live yet? Or is it just something that's limited to NA?

It is sooooooooooo close. Most likely today or tomorrow. And they will be available globally.

So to make it clear, i can't donate my coins to creators at this time?

That is correct. But it's coming REALLY soon.

We have to do things one step at a time.

First we had to research the best system for us. Then our awesome dev team had to do ALOT of work getting that system implemented...it took a long time guys, trust me.

Next we are rolling out mobile ads to give creators even MORE ad revenue. This should be live in the next week or so. SO, if y'all have ANY friends with mobile phones tell them to read your stuff on Tapas and it will start helping you get paid when that feature goes live.

And then will come the donate coins to creators feature which we hope becomes a great tool to helping support comic/webcomic world. Tell all your family and friends to go watch a video and then donate their coins to you. It should be awesome!

And finally, we will have the ability for creators to sell "early access" to their next episodes. That should be pretty amazing too.

The creators have to be signed up to be able to receive revenue from us. They have to legally be able to receive it. But once they're signed up they could start being able to get donations. It will be up to the creator to sign up.